The Fête de la Musique returns on Friday, June 21, 2024 in Paris, but also everywhere else in France! On this day, amateur and professional musicians alike pay tribute to living music with open-air concerts, as well as in museums and concert halls. Every Fête de la Musique is a celebration of all musical styles: from rock and electro to jazz and hip-hop, not forgetting classical music, where violins and cellos resonate to the point of moving us.
But what is the Fête de la Musique? A free, popular musical event, the Fête de la Musique was created in 1982 on the initiative of the French Ministry of Culture. That year, the Ministry of Culture's studies and research department conducted a major survey of French cultural practices. It revealed that five million people, including one young person in two, play a musical instrument. So Jack Lang, architect and scenographer Christian Dupavillon, a member of his Cabinet, and Maurice Fleuret came up with the idea of a major popular event to enable all musicians to express themselves and make themselves known. The very first Fête de la Musique was launched on June 21, 1982, the symbolic day of the summer solstice.
And it was a resounding success, with musicians taking to the streets, squares, kiosks, courtyards, gardens, stations and squares to play their music.
It was in 1985 that the Fête de la Musique began to be exported, on the occasion of the European Year of Music. In 2017, more than 120 countries around the world took part in the Fête de la Musique!
If you're a fan of classical or neoclassical music, then here are the best deals and free classical music concerts not to be missed in Paris on Friday, June 21, 2024 to mark the 42nd anniversary of the Fête de la Musique!
Fête de la musique 2024 on the forecourt of Paris City Hall, the program
Classical music invites itself to the forecourt of Paris City Hall on Friday June 21, 2024, for the 42nd Fête de la Musique. Enjoy a free concert by the Orchestre de chambre de Paris at a gala event billed as "participative and inclusive". Click here for the program! [Read more]
Fête de la Musique 2024: Viva l'Orchestra in free concert at the Radio France Auditorium
For the Fête de la Musique 2024, we're off to the Auditorium de Radio France to listen to the classical repertoire of Viva l'Orchestra, an orchestra of great amateurs supervised by the Orchestre National de France. Join us on Friday June 21, 2024 at 8 p.m. for this free concert (reservations required). [Read more]
Please consult this guide regularly, as it is updated according to program announcements.
Dates and Opening Time
On June 21th, 2024
Prices
Free
Official website
fetedelamusique.culture.gouv.fr
